Lamp.



F. w. XIIQUES & E. A. JARVIS.

LAMP. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2|. 19!]. 1,262,899. v Patented Apr. 16, 1918.

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F. w. XIQUES & E. A. JARVIS. LAMP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21.1911.

1,262,899., Patented Apr. 16, 1918.

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FRANK w. XIQUES, or PORT momaonn, AND EDWARD A. JARVIS, or west NEW BRIGHTON, NEW YORK.

LAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patenfi gd App, 1%"1918,

Application filed March 21, 1917. SerialNo. 156,279.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK W. XIQUns and EDWARD; A. JARVIS, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Port Richmond, county of Richmond, State of New York, (Vest New Brighton, county of Richmond, State of New York, respectively, have inVentedcerta-in new and useful Imrovements inLamps, of which the-follow mg is a full, clear, and exact description.

, This invention relates to an auxiliary -lamp to be carried by motor vehicles for use in the event of failure of the electric lights to operate and also for use while the vehicle is parked at night in which event the electric lights can be extinguished. The chief object of our invention is to provide a light that can be attached to a vehicle and used in lieu of the electric lights thereby effecting a great saving of electrical current. Our lamp is preferably arranged to be attached to the wind shield structure of a vehicle and is foldableor collapsible into a comparatively small'space. Therefore, it will not be an objectionable accessory. In combination with our foldable lamp we preferably cmploy a mirrorscope arranged to be moved out of line with the lamp when the lamp is to be used, The lamp can be attached to other 80 parts of a vehicle if desirable, but the wind shield structure is the most convenient place for the lamp. The above is an outline of the object of our invention. A more detailed description will follow.

Figure 1 is rear elevation of the lamp as sembly;

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof, the bracket being omitted.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional View of the lamp, the section being taken on a line 33 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional plan yiew is an enlarged top plan view of the reservoir when said lamp body and reservoir are separated.

As herein embodied our lamp assembly comprises a bracket 9, arranged for attachment to'an upright of a. wind shield ,(not

shown) a lamp body 10 and anarm 11,

which carries the lamp and which also is connected to the bracket 9. The arm 11 is tubular or hollow to form a reservoir for outer end of the arm 11 carries a well 13 to receive the wick 12, the well being in communication with the chamber 14 within the arm 11. In this instance, the lamp body 10 carries a thimble 15 threaded at 16 to engage the threaded opening 17 of the well 13. Other means to detachably connect the Well and lamp body can be employed.

The lamp body consists of the telescoping members 18 and 19, which in this instance are cylindrical, the. member 18 carrying. a white semaphore 20. To the fixed lamp body member 19, we hinge a door 21 carrying a red semaphore 22. To prevent the withdrawal of the member 18 we have in this instance employed pins 23, carried by the lamp member 19 said pins passing through slots 24 in the member 18, the slots being long enough to permit the member 18 to be moved out. when the lamp is to be used. As can be seen in Fig 4, the door 21 is connected to the lamp member 19 by a hinge permitting the door to be opened in order to lightthe lamp. A latch 26 serves to hold the door21 closed. 1

The wick 12 is carried by the usual guide 27 which is secured to the lamp member 19- and through which it passes, the usual serrated feeding wheels 28 and shaft 29 to r0- tate same being employed to adjust the wick. As can be seen in Figs. 3 and 4, the lamp member 18 is cut away at 80 to permit said member to be slid inwardly or outwardly. The cut away portions of the said lamp member 18 straddle the wick guide 27.

The lamp member 19 carries a flue 31 and cowl 32, the flue being covered when the lamp is collapsed, but will be uncovered when the lamp is extended for use.

In combination with the lamp assembly, we preferably employ a mirrorscope 31. carried by an adjustable hinge bracket 3.1. The hinge bracket 32 is provided with a. slot 33 through which a threaded the liquid fuel for the wick 12 Fig. 3. The

'45 I it is clamped. When the lamp is to be used,

stud carried by .the" Well '13, passes, .a nut.

serving to hold the bracket. in adjusted positions The bracket is made .movable 1 .in order that'itcan be' adjusted to the right orleft to suit the driver. Asthe wel1'13 is cylindrical, "the mirrorscopewill be ad}- .justedina circular path. To obtainangm lar adjustment in a verticalplane we provide anadjus tablelatch 36 provided with-.

a'slot 37 throughwhich a binding screw 38 passes. Th latch 36 carries a stop pin 39.

for the mirrorscope to abut against. The

outer end of the latch is turned down at 40 in screw 38. i

" the lamp being held in adjusted-positions by a. setsscrew' 43. In order that "the lamp can be .radially adjusted, we provide the bracket 9-w-ith clamps 44' between which is rotatably supported a post 44*, said post carrying the projection or-extensio'n 41, A

spindle 45 connects the clamps 44 and post 44'*. The lower end of the spindle is threaded and carries av wing nut 45 by which means theclampsaand post can be firmly forcedtogether and prevent any premature movement on the part of. thelamp.

We do not limit ourselves to any particular form of clamp, as various styles will have to .be used to accommodate various. types of supporting elements.

' It willbe apparent from the foregoing that the lamp 10-is rotatably connected to a vehicle and s also adapted for adjustment towardor away from the support to which the .mirrorscope will'be swung down as shown and the lamp-member 18 extended,

as in Fig.7, after which the wick can be igniteda If desirable the lamp can be removed from its bracket and packed away when not in use.

As the lamp is rotatably mounted for radial adjustment as well as slidably'mounted on the extension 41, it can be adjusted to any desired position'to suit the driver.

Should it be desirable to separate the lamp body 10 from the arm or reservoir. 11, a plug 46 (Fig. 9) will be screwed into the threaded opening 17 of the well 13 and a cap 47. (Fig. 10) screwed onto the thread 16 of-the thimble 15. The caps 46 and 47 when applied will confine the fuel oil in the reservoir in one instance, and to the wick in the other instance. Hence the lamp be held in'an adjusted position by the bind n order that-thelampcan be adjusted inwardly or outwardly, we provide the bracket 9 with an extension 41 engaging a socket 42 on the lamp arm-or reservoir 11,

even if filled with "oil.

taken from the arm and both packed away,

l/Vhat we claim'as ourinvention isz" .1. In a lamp a fuel reservoir consisting of tubular arm, a socket carried by the arm at one end thereof. tore'ceive a supporting.

element, the axis of'the socket and farm bling in parallelism, a casing at the other endof the arm, a wick carriedby the casing extendinginto the arm, I and a plurality of transparent semaphores of diflerentcolors carried by the casing;

2.. In c'omb'nation with alamp. having a transparent semaphore, a mirrora'djustably secured adjacent the lamp and normally positioned in front of and in alinement with the semaphore, said mirror belng arranged to be moved out of alinenient with the semaphore when the lamp is in use and -means arranged to automatically: resetthe mirror in the position from which it hadbeen noved when'said mirror is again returned pos tion of alinement with the semato the phore.

. ','-3.'--A lamp consisting of a plurality of collapsible sections, a burner passing through-- terior of fuel. I v I '4. The combination of a tubular-arm, a

r lamp casing at one end of said arm, a wick The clamps 44 serve to secure the lamp "assembly .to a wind-"shield upright The reservoir can be filled through a spout 46.'

carried-bythe-fc'asing. extending into said arm, a socket carried by the arm and located at the opposite end thereof, a clamping screw carried by the socket, a clamp, and an said. socket.

' 5. In combination with oted to said bracket arranged for movement away from said semaphore, said mirror be ing normally positioned in front of3sa1d' semaphore and in alinement. therewith, and an adjustable latch for said mirror arranged-- to locate themirror with respect to thelamp.

6. The combination of a tubular arm, a,

lamp casing at one end thereof, a wick car ried by the casing extending into said arm, a clamp to engage a rounded support, and a binding element to relcasably secure the arm and clam together.

7. The (-on'ibmation ot a tubular arm to retain a liquid fuel, a lamp casing at one end thereof, a wick carried thereby extending into said arn'na clamp, an extension.

carried thereby, means carried by the arm to shdably engage said extension, and means to bind the extension and arm firmly to gether.

8. The combination of a tubular arm ta end thereof, a Wick carried thereby extending into said arm, a clamp, a supporting member carried thereby, means carried by the arm to rotatahly engage said supporting member, the axis of the tubular arm and supporting member being inparallelism, and means to bind the supporting member and the engaging means carried by the arm firmly together.

9. The combinationof a support, a bracketadjustably secured to said support and extending at a right angle therefrom in a horizontal plane, arranged. for adjustment about the vertical axis of the support, a mirror pivoted to said bracket arranged to be adjusted to a desired angular position toward or away from the support and an adjustable latch to maintain the mirror in an adjusted position.

10. Thecombination of tubular arm to retain a liquidfuel, a lamp at one end of said arm, a support engaging socket carried by said arm, and a binding screw carried by the socket.

Signed at Port Richmond, N. Y. this 17 25 day of March 1917.

FRANK W. XIQUES. EDWARD A. JARVIS.

itne'sses M. J. HUGHES, ALBERT A. LUs'rIG. 

